ZYX Airy2-X-SB on Graham 2.2

Dear Jeff: You can do better with: Sumiko Celebration or Dynavector XV-1 and you don't have to worry about: " with or without headshell weight ". Do you know that this " weight.. " was not in the original design? wonder why ? or better, ask you why ?.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

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Jeff,
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Raul has never heard a UNIverse nor, an Airy2, nor an Airy3, so I would totally discount any of his comments. This is another example of him jumping on a thread and writing about something he has no knoweledge of.
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Cello: You are wrong: I'm not heard the UNIverse. That's all. I will hear it in no more than two weeks.. Wait for it.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

I have heard fabulous things about the AIRY line.As for the 2.2,when you experiment with damping in the arm's bearing you must re-adjust vta as well as tracking force(FOR EACH PARAMETER CHANGE).At that point if there is still a hardening/brightness then there is a mismatch,BUT,I'll bet that those who found an unacceptable level of performance in this area truly did not have a feel for how INCREDIBLY CRUCIAL the VTA/DOWNFORCE/DAMPING OF BEARING are,and how they all MUST go hand in hand!I've owned a 2.2 for quite some time and am still learning about what I'll call "Micro-Tuning" it.

Dear Cello: Like an expert on ZYX cartridges can you explain this: *** " Do you know that this " weight.. " was not in the original design? wonder why ? or better, ask you why ?. " *** Tks.

BTW, you post: *** " the best cartridge out there at any price..... " ***. about the UNIverse, for you can do this statement you have to compare it against first live music and second with other top cartridges like: Clearaudio Insider, Myabi 47, Lira Titan, Allaerts MC 2 Finish, Dynavector Xv-1, Ikeda REX9, Van denHul Colibri.

If you already do it I would like that you share your experiences on that issue with this forum, but if you don't then your statement have no value at all.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.